Rotary barge for grain-headers.



I. PEOPLES.

ROTARY BARGB FOR GRAIN HEADERS. APPLICATION TILED APR.,24, 1913. 1 1 10 451 Patented Sept. 15, 1914.

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J. PEOPLES.

ROTARY BARGE FOR GRAIN HEADERS,

APPLIOATION FILED APR.24, 1913.

1,1 10,457, Patented Sept, 15, 1914.

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ROTARY BARGE FOR GRAIN HEADERS.

APPLICATION FILED 111 11.24, 1913.

1,1 10,457, Patented Sept. 15, 1914.

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JETI-IRO PEOPLES, OF ARLINGTON, KANSAS.

ROTARY BARGE FOR GRAIN-HEADERS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Jnri-rno Pnornns, citizen of the United States, residing at Arlington in the county of Reno and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rotary Barges for Grain- Headers, and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in barges for grain heading machines.

One object of the invention is to provide a header barge having a revolubly mounted grain receptacle which when the barge is drawn along with the header will load itself or uniformly distribute the grain therein as the same is received from the header elevator.

Another object is to provide a device of this character having an improved construction and arrangement of wind shield wherey the grain is prevented from being blown out of the receptacle.

A further object is to provide a rotary barge of the character described which may be applied to the running gear or bed of an ordinary farm wagon and geared for opera tion to one of the supporting wheels thereof.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, and the combination and arrangement of parts as will be more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a top plan view of my rotary barge; Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view thereof; Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken immediately above the supporting frame of the barge and showing a top plan view of the operating mechanism for the rotary receptacle of the barge; Fig. 4 is a central vertical longitudinal section of the barge; Fig. 5 is a rear end elevation of the barge; and, Fig. 6 is a front end view thereof.

In the embodiment of the invention, I pro- I vide a main receptacle supporting frame comprising a pair of longitudinally disposed 3 the ends of which also extend some'dis Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 15.1914.

Application filed April 24, 1913. Serial No. 763,361.

tance beyond the outer sides of the sills. The main supporting frame when thus constructed is adapted to be placed on and carried by the running gear or bed of an ordinary farm wagon and when thus arranged the sills 1 are engaged with or rest on the front and rear bolsters B of the wagon bed and are held in position on the bolsters by the stakes or standards S of the bolsters in the same manner as the body of a wagon is held in place on the wagon bed.

Revolubly mounted in suitable bearings arranged on the projecting ends of the central supporting bar 3 are receptacle supporting and operating shafts 4 and 5. On the shafts 4- and 5 near their inner ends are fixed receptacle supportingrollers 6, similar rollers 7 being fixed on short shafts 9 mounted in suitable bearings on the cross bars 2 and on short cross bars 10 which are connected with the sills 1 as shown. The roller 7 when thus arranged are disposed between the sills 1 and at right angles to the rollers 6.

Revolubly mounted on the main frame of the machine and supported on the rollers 6 and 7 is a rotary receptacle 11 comprising a circular or cylindrical body which may be of any suitable diameter and depth. The receptacle 11 is provided in one side with an open ing 14- adapted to be closed by hinged doors 45. Said receptacle has secured to the bottom thereof radially projecting brace bars 12 to the lower sides of which is secured a centrally disposed circular roller engaging plate 18 which is adapted to rest on and revolubly engage the rollers 6 and 7 thereby firmly supporting the receptacle.

Rigidly secured in the center of the bot tom of the receptacle and in the plate 13 is a centering pin 14 which projects downwardly a suitable distance below the plate 13 and is revolubly engaged with an aperture 15 formed in the center of the supporting bar 3 whereby the receptacle is held in position while being revolved by the driving mechanism hereinafter described. Also secured to the lower sides of the brace bars 12 is an annular rack 16 the teeth of which are engaged by the teeth of spur gears 17 and 18 which are loosely mounted on the shafts 4 and 5 respectively. On the inner sides of the gears 17 and 18 are formed clutch members 19; the opposing clutch members 20 are slidably keyed to the shafts 4; and 5 and are adapted to be shifted thereon into and out of engagement with the clutch members 19 whereby the latter are locked to and released from the shafts when desired. Fixedly mounted on the shaft 1 is a sprocket gear 21 which is connected by a sprocket chain 23 to a sprocket gear 21 which is detachably secured to the spokes of one of the rear supporting wheels W of the wagon on which the barge is carried. On the shaft 5 is fixed a spur gear 25 which is engaged with a similar gear 26 fixed on a short counter shaft 27 revolubly mounted in suitable hearings on one of the sills 1 and on a bracket secured to the adjacent outer end of the bar 3. On the counter shaft 27 is also fixed a sprocket gear 28 which is con nected by a chain 29 to a sprocket gear 30 secured to the spokes of the other rear supporting wheel of the wagon whereby the movement of this wheel is imparted to the shaft 5 to revolve the same and the gear 18 thereon in the proper direction to co-act with the gear 17 on the shaft 1, for revolving the receptacle 11.

The clutch members 20 are shifted on their respective shafts to bring said clutch members into and out of engagement with the clutch members on the rack engaging gears 17 and 18 by bell crank clutch shifting levers 31 which are pivotally mounted on the central cross bar 3 and have their rear ends forked or bifurcated for engage ment with annular grooves in the hubs of the clutch members 20. The outer ends of thebell cranklevers are connected by operating rods 3.. to crank arms 33 arranged on the ends of rock shaft 3% which is mounted in suitable hearings in seat supporting bars 35 secured at their lower ends to the front ends of the sills 1 and at their upper ends to a wind shield hereinafter described. The rock shaft 34 has fixed thereto an upwardly projecting operating lever 36 the upper end of which is engaged with a combined loop shaped guide and rack 37 one edge of which has formed threin ratchet teeth with which are adapted to be engaged a fixed pawl 38 carried by'or formed on the upper end of the lever 36 whereby when the la ter is swung in the desired direction, the same may be locked and the clutches held in position. By thus constructing and arranging the clutch shifting mechanism it will be seen that the clutches and the parts actuated thereby may be readily thrown into and out of gear when desired. Between the upper ends of the seat supporting bars 35 is arranged a drivers seat 39.

Secured to the front and rear cross bars 2 near the ends thereof are upwardly and inwardly extending wind shield supporting standards 40, a similar standard 41 being secured to one end of the central supporting bar 3. To the rear ends of the sills 1 are also secured upwardly and inwardly projecting shield supporting standards 4E2 which correspond to the bars which support the seat at the forward end of the machine. Secured to the inwardly extending upper ends of said standards and around the upper edge of the sides of the receptacle 11 is an inwardly inclined wind shield 43, said shield projecting a sufficient distance above the receptacle and inclined inwardly to a sufficient angle to positively prevent the grain from blowing out of the receptacle 11 after the latter is loaded and while the load is being carried to the stack or other place of discharge by the barge. The ends of the shield terminate some distance apart at the right hand side of the machine to provide a discharge opening 4 1 as seen between the standards 10 at the bottom of Fig. 1. Through this opening 4.4 and the opening 1 1 in the receptacle the grain may be unloaded from the receptacle when the doors 15 are swung open. In removing the grain it is preferably thrown out of the receptacle with a fork as will be readily understood, either directly onto a stack or into a barn or other place of deposit, but in practice the grain will preferably be thrown onto a suitable stacker (not shown) which will convey the grain upwardly to the center of the stack.

When in use the barge is designed to be drawn along by the side of the heading machine opposite the discharge end of the elevator E thereof, said end of the elevator resting on a bail 46 the ends of which are hooked into eyes or loops 47 formed on the front and rear standards as shown. 1V hen thus arranged the bail 16 may be dropped over the outer side of the adjacent portion of the wind shield and across the discharge opening therein in position to support the upper end of the elevator of the header as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 5 of the drawings. When the grain is to be removed from the receptacle 11 the bail 46 may be swung backward out of the way as seen in dotted lines in Fig. 6. While the bail is intended to rest on the converging upper portions of the standards as seen in that view, it is possible to employ lugs 18 on certain of said standards to support the bail in its horizontal position, as seen in Fig. 1. When the bail is in its lowered position it bridges the opening 141 in the shield as seen in the last-named view, and serves the purpose of holding the spaced ends of said shield in proper relative position.

The wind shield 43 is preferably provided on its inner side near one end of the discharge opening therein with a grain deflecting roller 49 which is revolubly mounted in suitable bearing brackets on the inner side of the shield near the upper and lower edges thereof, said roller when thus mounted being disposed transversely or across the inner side of the shield as shown.

By constructing and arranging my im proved barge as herein shown and described it will be seen that when the barge is drawn along beside the header in the manner described the grain will be discharged from the elevator of the header into the receptacle 11 which is being continuously revolved by the driving mechanism hereinbefore described, so that the grain in falling from the header elevator into the receptacle is uniformly distributed in the latter and does not pile up at any one point and thus clog the machine. hen the receptacle is filling up and the grain has begun to pile above the sides of the receptacle, the roller 49 will tend to turn or direct the grain toward the center of the receptacle.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention as claimed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. In a barge of the character described, a supporting frame mounted on a wheeled running gear, a cylindrical grain receptacle revolubly mounted on an upright axis on said frame and adapted to receive the grain discharged from a header, a wind shield having inwardly inclined walls rising from the supporting wheels of the running gear.

a wind shield fixedly carried by the frame around and above the upper edge of the receptable, said shield inclining inwardly toward its upper edge and having in one side thereof an opening, and a grain-deflecting roller mounted on the inner side of the wind shield adjacent said opening, for the purpose set forth.

3. A barge of the character described comprising a supporting frame adapted to be mounted on a wagon bed, a cylindrical rece tacle mounted on a vertical axis on said frame, means whereby said receptacle is revolved, doors in one side of said receptacle, a wind shield fixedly carried by the frame around and above the upper edge of the receptacle, said shield inclining inwardly toward its upper edge and having in one side thereof an opening, standards rising from the frame and having their upper ends deflected inward toward a common center and connected with said shield, and a bail pivotally connected at its extremities with said standards and having itscenter adapted to bridge said opening, for the purpose set forth. 1

4. A barge of the character described comprising a supporting frame adapted to be engaged with a wagon bed, a receptacle revolubly mounted on said frame, means whereby said receptacle is revolved, doors arranged in one side of said receptacle, a wind shield supported around and above the upper edge of the receptacle, said shield in-' clining inwardly toward its upper edge and having in one side thereof an opening, an elevator connecting bail adapted to be swung across said opening, and a grain deflecting roller revolubly mounted on the inner side of the wind shield.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

J ETHRO PEOPLES. lVitnesses E. G. MITCHELL, L. W. EATON.

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Washington, 1). C. 

